Open Door Romance Grand Opening – St. Louis, MO

I found an all-romance bookstore in St. Louis!

The Novel Neighbor (https://thenovelneighbor.com/) has been gracing the greater St. Louis area for a decade now. (For you St. Louisans, it’s in Webster Groves – definitely check it out.) But this month it opened a whole NEW shop next door, called, appropriately, OPEN DOOR ROMANCE.

Seriously. A whole-ass bookstore devoted exclusively to romances — historical romance contemporary romance, rom-coms, romantic suspense, dark romance, sweet romance, plus any trope you can think of — they have a section for it. Apparently their multiple romance book clubs (one each for contemporary, historical, and paranormal) had grown so large, they decided they deserved their very own bookstore! Go, romance!!

Their grand opening was August 17 and, as part of the festivities, they hosted two fabulous romance authors – Cynthia St. Aubin and Timothy Janovsky, both Harlequin Afterglow authors. To say that their panel discussion was both informative and hilarious would be an understatement, but . . . . well . . . you had to be there. I’ve included links to both of their websites below, so if you aren’t already reading their books, you know where to find them.

Lots of laughing, talking (mostly dirty), drinking of champagne, and of course . . . spending stupid amounts of money. Hey, there are worse vices than books, right? Okay, books and Book Lover house shoes too cute to resist. And then there are those matches . . . oh, my.

https://www.cynthiastaubin.com/ https://www.timothyjanovsky.co